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13) RaamAya SrI VenkatEsAya Nama:
Salutations to Lord VenkatEsa , who
incarnated as
AyOdhya Raaman in the Surya Vamsam to destroy
RaavaNan and his retinue and reestablish
righteousness
(Dharam) !
One of the names of Lord VenkatEsa is Venkata
Raaman.
He is the embodiment of Dharma ( Dharmo VigrahavAn)
and the One to offer protection to any one , who
sought
His sacred feet even once as the refuge
. It did not matter to
Lord Raamachandra , whether one approached Him for
protection
as a friend or foe. He offered them the sought
after protection
from all types of enemies.
Raama Poorva Taapini Upanishad (1.1) defines Raama
as
the One , who charms (ramayathi) the universe
and shines .
The same upanishad reveals the power of the
Raama Taaraka
manthram this way ( 2.2.3) : " Just as the
whole nature of the large
banyan tree is contained in its tiny seed ,
so also the universe ,
moving and unmoving (charam and acharam) , is
contained in
the word-seed Raama ".
The immense Raama tatthvam enjoyed by the Yogis is
described as:
" That Supreme immensity , in which the mind
of the Yogi delights ,
whose desire is to obtain everlasting joy , is
known as Raama ".
The links of Raama to Thiruppathi is covered in
Varaaha PurANam.
It tells that issue-less Dasaratha worshipped the
Lord of Thirumala
with four slOkams and did severe tapas for
begetting progeny . Lord blesed
king Dsaratha with four sons , who were the amsams
of the Lord. One of
the PourANika slOkam says that SrinivAsa is verily
Raama Himself ,
the anthill from whcih SrinivAsa emerged was
Mother Kousalya , the towering
tamarind tree over the anthill was Father
Dasaratha and Lakshmana was the abode
of the Lord , SeshAchalam.The entire area of
Thirumala is recognized as
the RaajadhAni of AyOdhya.
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